Excellence in Online Education Mini-Grants

If you would like to upgrade or revise your CGS online course, we invite you to apply for the Excellence in Online Education Mini-Grant Program, Spring 2024.

What is the Excellence in Online Education Mini-Grant Program?

This program provides funding to CGS instructors who want to redesign their CGS online class to offer a more impactful online learning experience. Recipients of the mini-grant will participate in the Spring 2024 CGS faculty development cohort and work with a CGS instructional designer on the upgrades of their course.

Scope of Grant & Program Requirements

  • Up to six (6) $500 mini-grants available
  • The grant is awarded to each participant who successfully completes the following requirements:
    • Participation in faculty development cohort, incl. but not limited to activities, workshops, and meeting deliverable deadlines.
    • Program ending in course quality review and recognition.

Eligibility

  • Will be teaching a web asynchronous or hybrid class for CGS in Summer 2024;
  • Has not received course development funding from CGS in the past two years;
  • Is committed to collaboration, excellence, diversity, and vitality in the 21st-century online classroom.

Interested applicants should familiarize themselves with the CGS Faculty Development Cohort Program.

Application

Submit a brief letter of interest to the CGS Director of Online Learning at boryana.dobreva@pitt.edu.

Deadline

December 21st, 2023.

Questions

Contact Boryana Dobreva at boryana.dobreva@pitt.edu.